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Joanne Greenbaum

Joanne Greenbaum

Photo credit: Costas Picadas

Joanne Greenbaum for M. Legere

My designs came from ballpoint pen drawings that I make almost daily. When I was asked to do this project, I wanted to pair the drawings with functional or even decorative objects. I also liked the idea of the blue ink color of the ballpoint pen on white Limoges porcelain. The act of drawing is a place for me to gather my thoughts or even calm down, so my drawings are contemplative and intuitive. Sometimes it's a place to figure things out. These drawings are rarely seen outside the context of my sketchbook or drawings on my work table. However, I welcomed the idea to take them out of the realm of the personal, and use them completely outside the context of my original motivation.

Bio

Joanne Greenbaum lives and works in New York City and Berlin. As a child, she spent weekends at the Museum of Modern Art sketching and drawing, particularly interested in the works of Picasso and Miro. She earned a BA from Bard College in 1975.

“The paintings are a sort of exploration … about being true to whatever your energy is at that moment and tapping into it as a source, which essentially makes the painting.” –In Conversation, Joanne Greenbaum with Phong Bui, The Brooklyn Rail, June 2016